>What I find most interesting is the overall Total Crimes Per Capita:
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>LOL. I wonder why you found that interesting? ;-) What about the included rider that "Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence?" ;-)
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>But some of it is true. Unfortunately NZ has an extremely high male suicide rate and violent crime is "up there" in certain sectors of society. Theft and other petty crime is also fairly prevalent in some areas. Not a good look, I know.

Actually, I was surprised NZ was up there but Finland and Denmark? I always pictured them as virtually crime-free... What are folks doing? Stealing firewood? :o)